Staff Reporter :
Hefajat-e Islam, a Chittagong-based religious organisation, on Saturday programmed to besiege Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka on September 19 in case of the continuation of genocide of Rohingya people till then.
Hefajat General Secretary Junaid Babunagri made the announcement in a press briefing at Chittagong Press Club around 11:15am.
The atrocities against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is unacceptable, he said. The Hefajat-e Islam will also present memorandums to the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on September 21.
It also announced to organise a countrywide protest and long march on September 16.
The Hefajat leader also called upon the Bangladesh government to put diplomatic pressure on the Myanmar government to stop the atrocities against the Rohingya people immediately.
If the “genocide” of the Rohingya people continues, Hefajat will hold a long march towards Rakhine State of Myanmar.
